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Middletown Journal
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Ohio
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Sunday
News Journal
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Congress Weighs Investigations Versus Legislation Under New Congress
The 83rd Congress faces a clash between pursuing investigations into Truman era corruption and pushing new laws. Leaders around the President favor prioritizing legislation, while Republicans plan continued probes by committees led by Hoffman Kean and McCarthy. They cite checks and balances but acknowledge past losses in legislative output due to investigations and election-year pressures.
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Senate
House
Taft
Martin
Mass
Congress
Justice and Treasury Departments
Internal Revenue Bureau
G.O.P
Truman
House Committee On Government Operations
Hoffman
Mich
Ways and Means
Rep
Kean
N.J
Alien Property Office
Sen. McCarthy
Wis
Senate Government Operations Committee
McCarthy
Mutual Security Agency
Federal Communications Commission
Rep. Velde
Ill
Crime Investigating Committee
Legislative Investigating Committee
May's Confident Claim on Atomic Secrets Sparks Global Danger
The British scientist Alan Nunn May, released after seven years, argued he acted rightly by sharing atomic secrets. The piece condemns his view as dangerous, noting nations’ security depends on government control of such information and on lawful civilian and military authority.
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Alan Nunn May
Russia
May
Free Nations
How to Find Real Fun in a Busy Modern World
The piece argues that mass entertainment breeds boredom and restlessness. It urges active participation over passive watching and favors spontaneous private creativity over scripted shows. It contrasts personal activity with dull media and promotes self-made enjoyment to escape fatigue and dissatisfaction.
Traffic problem at a standstill headline noted
A playful remark on current traffic delays and a nostalgic memory of teens earning 30 cents to shovel snow, reflecting on past attitudes toward street maintenance and youth labor.
Right to smear upheld by Senate subcommittee in McCarthy case
The Senate Elections subcommittee endorses a broad right to smear within Congress, sparing the public. It questions Benton and McCarthy while defending congressional investigations as essential checks. The piece argues the core issue is whether McCarthy’s charges about Communists and policy hold, not his tactics.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Elections
Congress
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
People of
Benton
Congressional
Senator McCarthy
Executive Branch
Congressional Committee
Alger Hiss
Internal Revenue
Congressional Committees
Erich Brandeis on Communism as a Form of Insanity
A columnist argues that many immigrants who become Communists betray nations, resist deportation, and praise Soviet life while denying American benefits. He cites a host with a $50,000 home who prefers money and Russia over the United States, and labels the behavior a form of insanity asking readers for input.
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America
Vishinsky
United States
Russia
It Pays to Remain Serene At the 83rd Congress Opening
A humorous sketch of Washington life during the Truman era as senators and spouses arrive for the 83rd Congress. Narrative bits note Mrs Chavez’s frazzled nerves, Pat Nixon’s seating, Morse’s chair gesture, Humphrey and Mrs Ferguson, and jokes about defense secretary Wilson’s incoming phone calls with many Wilsons in town.
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Washington
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Truman
General MacArthur
Senate
Chavezes
Pat Hurley
Chavez
Hurley
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Pharoah
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Veep Barkley
Barkley
Morse
Pat Nixon
Mrs. Truman
Mrs. Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Humphrey
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Charles Wilsons
No Man of Her Own at Paramount and local weekend sports
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard starred in No Man of Her Own at the Paramount. A Sunday dinner of fried chicken cost 40 cents at Flora Tea Room on South Broad. Union Gas and Electric Club held a trapshoot at Tren ton with winners in turkey, duck, chicken, and geese. Weekend basketball results include Middies 14 over Dayton Roosevelt 18, McKinley 31 over West Chester 24, and Roosevelt 38 over Hamilton Roosevelt 15.
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Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Paramount
Floratine Tea Room
South Broad St
Union Gas and Electric Club
Trenton
Ten
Middies
Dayton Roosevelt
McKinley
West Chester
Savenrer
Hamilton Roosevelt
Broad Way Episcopal Sunday School Elects Board
C. J. Hughes named superintendent of Broadway Episcopal Church Sunday school with R. E. Asbury C. J. Cretors Raymond Young Jr. Mary Mann Melva McCreter rb William Gillespie and Charles Cretora elected to the Sunday school board.
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C. J. Hughes
Broadway Episcopal Church
R. E. Asbury
C. J. Cretors
Raymond Young, Jr
Mary Menn
Melva McCreter
William Gillespie
Charles Cretora
Tony the cocker Tony and Phyllis Craft Middletown dog missing
Tony the cocker belongs to five year old Phyllis Craft of 1805 Fernwood St Middletown. The dog climbed a back fence December 29 and has not returned. Phyllis and her parents await Tony's return with a reward offered in The Journal. Also noted are Bob Burkhardt's Broadway TV appearances and Middletown Street Department efforts in bad weather.
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Tony the
Cocker
Phyllis Craft
Fernwood St
Tony
Phyllis
Ova Craft
Middletown Street Department
Middletown
Kilgallen surveys swing era comeback and 1952 film picks
Dorothy Kilgallen notes swing bands regain buzz with Benny Shaw Lionel Hampton Sonny Parker Cephas Jackson and Ernestine Anderson injuries and New Year Birdland spectacle amid Basie music. She also wades into a 1952 movie contest praising The Quiet Man Singin in the Rain and Five Fingers while condemning Limelight as the worst, with remarks on performers Olivier Booth and Peck.
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Benny Shaw
Strand
Lionel Hampton
Earle Theatre
Sonny Parker
Cephas Jackson
Ernestine Anderson
Billy Eckstine
Birdland
General Eisenhower
Mamie
Marilyn Monroe
Billy
Count Basie
Olivier
Questions And Answers From A Science Q A Column
A reader asks why cyclones spin counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. The answer attributes wind rotation to the Earth's rotation and the Coriolis effect. Another query asks about Beethoven Ninth Symphony’s original score. the draft disappeared during World War II and is listed as lost. A final question asks which insect can jump over 100 times its length and the answer is the grasshopper.
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Berlin
Stars Say Tomorrow For Genevieve Kemble
Under conflicting auguries it advises caution before bold plans or ambitious projects. A confused mind may hinder progress and lead to hasty decisions. For birthdays this day urges deep thought before major objectives, noting high initiative but possible faulty judgment. A child born today may be energetic and creative yet prone to misjudgment.
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Democratic Party
Erich Brandeis
Iron Curtain
George Dixon
Martha Rountree
Constance Bennett
Katie Malone
Nevada
Pat
Dave Regan
Bob Burkhardt
Jane Froman
Channel 12
Dorothy Kilgallen
Midnight's Notebook
Shirley Booth
Millard Mitchell
Thelma Ritter
Joseph Wiseman
James Ason
Mel Ferrer
Joseph Cotton
Gregory Peck
Burt Lancaster
Ava Gardner
Renee Jeanmaire
Chaplin
Sidney Chaplin
Genevieve Kemble
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